Day 5

The Metamorphosis Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

Kafka in Translation, Part Five: Culminating Artistic Response

Kind of Activity:

Objective:

Students will be able to create an original artwork "translating" the novel's themes, characters, and symbols

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.5; CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.5

Structure:

(50 minutes)

Building on the previous days' "Kafka in Translation" activities, students should create an original artistic translation of The Metamorphosis or The Judgment. This translation may take the form of visual art, musical composition, animation, short film, or multimedia work. They may choose to focus on one theme, scene, character, or symbol rather than...

It is only through a third person point of view that we can see what is going on inside and outside of Gregor's room. Geregor’s discontent with his life is juxtaposed with the faily's life that continues while Gregor remains isolated. The reader...

It is only through a third person point of view that we can see what is going on inside and outside of Gregor's room. Geregor’s discontent with his life is juxtaposed with the faily's life that continues while Gregor remains isolated. The reader...

I think that alienation and isolation go hand in hand. Even before his change, Gregor felt alienated from his job, his family, and even his own body. Gregor hates his job, which he finds meaningless. He feels his family uses him only to bring...